#127

Fashion Lady with Wooden Articulated Body
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$5,400
sold
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Description
17" (43 cm). Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, cornflower blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eye cuts, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid-over-wooden fully articulated body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, bisque lower arms and hands. Condition: generally excellent, kid cover missing on wooden upper arms. Comments: circa 1870. Value Points: beautiful face on the wooden-bodied poupee, perfect bisque hands, the doll wears ivory satin gown and owns an antique trunk filled with seven additional ensembles and accessories.